Imagine the fear when the jungle heat is broken by the crack, crack, crack of several Japanese snipers firing a fusillade. At first, they cannot be located because they are using smokeless power, and they have probably changed position. If they don’t fire again immediately, the death and suffering they leave behind will be the only evidence of their presence.Almost nothing has been written about Japanese Army snipers because little is known. That is why QuikManeuvers.com is proud to introduce Japanese Army Snipers, the details about Imperial Japanese Army Snipers. The training, equipment, camouflage, and tactics of Japanese Army snipers is described in detail in the profusely illustrated e-book, Japanese Army Snipers. The story of Japanese Army snipers is incredibly interesting, and will provide hours of reading pleasure because Japanese Army Snipers is worth re-reading.

“The Japanese also made extensive use of snipers in their assaults on Allied armor. The snipers were employed to break up the infantry-tank attack in the early stages by sniping at tank commanders or by attempting to separate the tanks from their supporting infantry.Japanese infantry squads frequently attacked enemy tanks with picks and crowbars. Smoke grenades or candles were used, along with snipers, in an effort to blind the tank crew, to force them out of the tank, or to separate the tank from its infantry support,The concept of the Japanese fighting team formation was developed about 1936 when the new organization, which equipped each infantry squad with a light machine gun, was conceived and adopted. A team method, designed to seize enemy positions by infiltration, was developed by Lieutenant General Ishihara, Kanji, commanding general of the 16th Infantry Division. As one of the principal features of this tactic, an infantry squad was divided into a support team (two or three soldiers with a light machine gun), a sniper team (two or three good marksmen) and two assault teams (about three men to each team). Assault teams approached enemy pillboxes by crawling and attacked it from its side or rear, under the covering fire of the support and sniper teams. The basic consideration underlying this tactic was the belief that a Russian pillbox could be captured by an assault conducted by three to seven men instead of requiring the entire infantry squad, previously considered necessary.”